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SPECTOR® Club - Part 64

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My first trade fell through, and I ended up swapping for a GB 9.0 and some cash. I liked the grit of the TH better, I think. The genz is a great amp though,and I'll stick with it at least until I hear it with a new preamp change on the LX.


QUOTE=johnsonabq;14621227]Still glad you traded the Hammer?[/QUOTE]
 
#184
bunkaroo said:
Got some outdoors pics today but the light wasn't great. Still I think the basses look pretty decent.

I don't want to bombard the thread with 2 dozen pics so I'll just post a few for now and save the rest for each subsequent "In!" post in each new thread.

US NS Family pic:

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A couple more of the UV 5XL:

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Blue NS-5XL:

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Coda 5XL:

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A beautiful bunch of toys you got there BUNK, before long your going to run out of names for this family...wow...I'm liking the way that Coda pops!
 
#186
PhatBasstard said:
Actually, he had me send it directly to the original painter.
The painter took the pups out and confirmed (original paint still in the cavities) that it was indeed the Tim Gaines Spector.
We weren't completely 100% sure as the serial number on it apparently had no record. :hmm:
But, except for paint, all the other physical characteristics matched up and there were tell tale signs of black paint having been removed at some point.
Plus, the guy I bought it from gave me the story of where the bass suposedly came from.
I guess he wasn't fibbing. :D
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Must have felt great being involved with that project!
 
#188
Torn Bassist said:
A beautiful bunch of toys you got there BUNK, before long your going to run out of names for this family...wow...I'm liking the way that Coda pops!
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Torn Bassist said:
BUNK....What's your take on the BEM on the UV and Coda, how do you like the feel, texture, and the sound these produce?
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Thanks man! I actually don't have names for them - I'd forget and call one the wrong name and then they'd get mad!

With the BEM, I haven't played a pau ferro Coda so I can't really say how it sounds vs. a non-BEM. With the 5XL, I don't feel the BEM is adding a lot more brightness sound-wise. On both basses, I was happy to see the BEM doesn't feel quite as hard as other maple fretboards I have played. If by texture you mean the grain and look of it, I think they both look great but have different looks from what I've seen.
 
#190
jbravo said:
My first trade fell through, and I ended up swapping for a GB 9.0 and some cash. I liked the grit of the TH better, I think. The genz is a great amp though,and I'll stick with it at least until I hear it with a new preamp change on the LX.


QUOTE=johnsonabq;14621227]Still glad you traded the Hammer?
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Funny, I have a Shuttle 9.2 which is a great little amp but it's just giving me the same sound I've always had and I'm looking for something to take my Spectors to the next level. :bassist:

I got the TH500 and am waiting for the Aggie DB212 to come in so I can set it up at home and dial in a new sound, THEN take it to rehearsal.

I went ahead and sold my huge bass rig since I'm hardly ever going to use it. That got me the TH, 212, and a ProFX16 mixer. If the TH works out I'll sell the GB too. If not, then it goes.

And the quest for that elusive tone goes on! :D
 
#193
johnsonabq said:
Funny, I have a Shuttle 9.2 which is a great little amp but it's just giving me the same sound I've always had and I'm looking for something to take my Spectors to the next level. :bassist:

I got the TH500 and am waiting for the Aggie DB212 to come in so I can set it up at home and dial in a new sound, THEN take it to rehearsal.

I went ahead and sold my huge bass rig since I'm hardly ever going to use it. That got me the TH, 212, and a ProFX16 mixer. If the TH works out I'll sell the GB too. If not, then it goes.

And the quest for that elusive tone goes on! :D
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I have a feeling you're gonna enjoy that TH! :bassist:
 
#194
PhatBasstard said:
Hey Patrick.
Throwing this up just in case you missed it towards the end of the last thread.
Since you didn't comment, I assume you did:


"Traded the OBP-2 from my new Forte 4 to Mr.Bassie for a new trim Tone Pump he had.

Wired it up following the vol/blend configuration on Spector.Com and........nothing.
No hum, crackle, nothing.

Rewired it 3 times, careful to make sure every connection was solid. Checked, checked and rechecked the schematic. Nothing.

Thinking it was a dud, was about to give up and send it back to Mr.Bassie when I decided to look at one of my other Spectors with this configuration (don't remember the schematic I followed for this one as I've installed several of these) and noticed several different connections from the given schematic.

Wired it up one more time, following the changes I saw in my other Spector and YES!!!!! It's working perfectly.

If anyone is doing this. the changes, following the wires from left to right, with wires on the bottom like the pic in the schematic (follow this way as the colors are frequently incorrect). The Tone Pump sticker will probably be upside down this way:

1. And this may not make much difference in the ultimate grounding , but the grounds (braids) from both pups should be grounded to the chassis of the volume put rather than connected separately to the blend pot as shown on the Spector schematic.

2. A wire needs to be run from the grounded (to chassis) right lug of the volume pot to the bottom left lug of the blend pot. This same lug on the blend pot should also receive the black (second from left) wire from the Tone Pump with the white (first) wire going to the bottom right lug of the blend. This is opposite of the Spector schematic, but is the way mine (that works ) is wired.

Note: The wire from the bottom right lug of the blend that grounds to the chassis, shown on the Spector schematic is unneeded. The two white (hot) wires coming from the pickups go to the middle (upper and lower) lugs of the blend as shown on the Spector schematic.

The third through seventh wires (going to the treble and bass pots) on the Spector schematic are correct.
The black wire from the battery clip to the ring (long middle lug on the switchcraft jack) is also correct.

3. A wire from the bottom right lug of the blend should go to the middle lug of the volume. The wire shown to go from the middle volume lug to the jack ground is incorrect as shown on the Spector schematic.

4. The eighth wire (or third from right) goes to the sleeve of the input jack, not the volume pot as shown on the Spector schematic.

5. The ninth wire goes to the (short) ground lug of the input jack, not the left lug of the volume as shown on the Spector schematic. The left lug of the volume is actually not connected to anything.

6. The last (red) wire on the far right is correct as shown on the Spector schematic. Just remember if you are hooking up active EMG's you have to merge the red wires from the pickups to this last connection also.

I think I remembered everything.
It may seem complicated, but this info would have saved me hours of frustration.
Hopefully JPS will get the appropriate someone on this and fix it before this happens to anyone else.
I'll have to assume the other schematics are (hopefully) correct."
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Sorry! No I didn't see this post in the last thread. But things move so quickly here!

Which diagram?
 
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